Purpose:
Development of a plan to make teacher certification courses more
accessible to students seeking teacher certification
Date Approved:
November
8, 2001
Background:
Texas
Education Code Section 54.214(g)
requires the governing board of an institution of higher education that offers
courses required for teacher certification to establish a plan to make those
courses more accessible to those who seek teacher certification no later than
January 1, 2002.
The Board authorized the Executive Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs to work with each of the teacher preparation programs at The
University of Texas System general academic component institutions to develop a
plan to include implementation of timelines and strategies to make teacher
certification courses more accessible to students seeking teacher
certification. The plans will consider
evening classes, internet classes, or other means approved by the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board.
As required by Texas Education Code Section
54.214(g), each component must have a conforming plan on file in the Office of
Academic Affairs by January 1, 2002. The plans will be presented to the Academic Affairs Committee of the
U. T. Board of Regents during January 2002 and will be reported to
the U. T. Board of Regents at the February 2002 meeting.
Last reviewed December 2001